A company is creating its own lightning bolts to test equipment efficiency as strikes become more common due to climate ...

The lightning injuries occur just as the 25th annual National Lightning Safety Awareness Week kicks off on June 22.

These tips will help you lower your risks: • If outdoors, seek shelter. Stay alert for storms. Lightning can strike up to 10 miles from a cloud before and after rain begins.

LightningAs particles rub together from wind friction in a thunderstorm, the charges separate and static electricity develops. The negative charges or electrons ...

With so many people being impacted by just one lightning strike Tuesday, we asked experts about some of the science behind ...

As a scorching June heat wave continues to grip much of the United States, a concerning surge in lightning-related injuries ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said. By Rebecca Dzombak When lightning strikes a tree in ...

A group was seeking shelter during a storm at Le Vieux Canal music festival in Azerailles, France in September 2017, when they were simultaneously struck by lightning. Years later, many of the ...

According to the findings, each strike of lightning killed more than 2.4 tons on average of nearby tree biomass and 78% of the parasitic vines that attached to the tonka bean tree’s canopy. 3.

An Alton woman caught a scary moment on camera when a lightning strike took down a tree right outside her house.Kayla MacDonald was capturing a video of a hailstorm Monday from her basement door ...

19-year-old Ethan Lawrence has been killed in a lightning strike six months after becoming a father. His family paid tribute, with his mother Lourdes Lawrence calling him her "pride and joy." ...